Family Support Worker 27.5 Hours

Teach Northamptonshire; Northampton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking primary school seeks a Family Support Worker to provide essential support to families, fostering a strong community connection. The role demands excellent communication and organizational skills, with a unique opportunity every day. Join a welcoming team dedicated to children's welfare and personal growth.

Benefits

24/7 GP Service

Continuing Professional Development

Supervision

Occupational Health Support

Staff Socials

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator needed.
• Experience with support tools for families.
• Ability to handle diverse situations.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and help to families.
• Refer and signpost families to appropriate services.
• Adapt to varied daily tasks in a dynamic environment.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Calm Nature

Job description

We are looking for a new family support worker (FSW) to join our team. The successful candidate would need to be an excellent communicator, great at organisation and calm natured. They would need to be able to provide support and help to our families and know a range of support tools to refer and signpost families to . The job is a very interesting one as no two days are the same. Kingsthorpe Grove Primary is a friendly and welcoming school with a strong staff team. If you are looking for a new challenge please do apply to join our fantastic team.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and safer recruitment practice. An enhanced DBS and Disqualification check is required for all successful applicants and references will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview and will form part of the interview process. The successful applicant will also be expected to undertake a medical questionnaire.

Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School is a forward thinking, innovative town primary school with 480 children on roll. We have a Nursery and two SEN provisions, one to support students with ASD and one to support schools who have students with SEMH needs. The school was inspected by Ofsted in December 2023 and was graded ‘Good’

We welcome visits to the school where we can share more about the role.

At Kingsthorpe Grove Primary we offer a range of wellbeing benefits for employee:

These include:

24/7 GP Service

Continuing Professional Development

Supervision

Occupational Health Support

Staff Socials

Please find our Job Description and Application Form attached below. If interested please complete the application form and return it to: [e-mail]

Location St. Davids Rd, Northampton NN2 7QL, UK